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For some of these people I think "restored" means "wash+wax" LOL

I have a close friend who's recently decided she wants to make a living as a mommy blogger. I think it's an interesting extension of the huge issue of childcare that America refuses to address: we now have all these college-educated women often stuck between wanting to raise their kids (and not wanting to/can't

Alternative title: "American Bloggers I Think Are Hot."

I only clicked on 4 names before I got bored. Uggggggh.

Our neighbor has one he "restored," too. Of course....we're in Portland, OR....

Just when I thought mommyblogging couldn't get any more boring...

I'll go with: Yes.

I couldn't keep clicking the links to see each blogger, but 75% of the way in , I counted 1 OWC, 1 non-thin woman, and 0 women who are not conventionally attractive, 0 disabled women, and 0 Olds.

Was this trip sponsored by Airstream? Or is it just a hipster buzzword? Because Wiegand seems to be dropping it at every opportunity.

Most bloggers (or at least the popular ones who can sell stuff) are usually married, white, women with families.

I think Jessica Williams should move over from The Daily Show to be the new host.

Here's a few lady secrets for ya:

Completely and utterly off topic.. but I would really like a pair of boots like this.

What about Winter? Because I've had puppy fever for a while now and I'm absolutely planning on naming my next dog Winter.

Betsy is a diminutive of Elizabeth, so there really aren't too many birth certificates with "Betsy" entered as the legal first name. There are probably more parents CALLING their baby girls Betsy than Khaleesi (Not that there's anything wrong with Khaleesi! I'm happy to shake things up.). Also, when I encounter

I have little problem with interesting and different names but it's not interesting or different to name a kid after a central character in a piece of popular culture.

"But if my children have normal interaction with a transgender person, they might wind up confused, and think that people different from us are still human! How am I supposed to teach my children to hate transgender people if they're exposed at an early age!"

Yeah, that father is trying to make it seem like his kids are too young for this discussion, but the issue here is his discomfort with the conversation, not theirs. He even said it causes questions he doesn't feel are appropriate, i.e. he doesn't think this teacher is appropriate, full stop.

"We're going to have a meeting, we're all going to talk about you, and then we're all going to vote to see if you should still have a job." UGH.